Beauty of Impossible Things - Rachel Donohue, Vázaná

Foresight is not always a gift... The summer Natasha Rothwell turns fifteen, strange dancing lights appear in the sky above her small town, lights that she interprets as portents of doom. Natasha leads a sheltered life with her beautiful, bohemian mother in a crumbling house by the sea. As news of the lights spreads, more and more visitors arrive in the town, creating a feverish atmosphere of anticipation and dread. And the arrival of a new lodger, the handsome Mr Bowen, threatens to upset the delicate equilibrium between mother and daughter. Then Natashas fears seem to be realized when a local teenager goes missing, and she is called on to help. But her actions over that long, hot summer will have unforeseen and ultimately tragic consequences that will cast a shadow for many years to come...Review. A brooding, gothic-tinged coming-of-age tale... There is a gentle lyricism to Donohues prose that brushes everything with a dreamy heat haze - but the emotions roiling beneath are sharp and cutting ― The Times. Poetic, atmospheric ― Daily Mail. An elegant, coming-of-age novel that has touches of Françoise Sagans Bonjour Tristesse as well as LP Hartleys The Go-Between ... the atmosphere and characters Donohue creates linger long after finishing. ― Sunday Independent. Haunting and compelling ― Emma Rous. Brims with atmospheric, eerie tension ― Irish Independent. Donohue looks to be the latest name to join the ranks of Irelands proud female thriller-writing tradition. ―
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